Lieberman keeps seat in Senate
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Sen. Joe Lieberman, the Democrats’ vice presidential candidate in 2000 who ran as an independent after losing the primary, kept his Connecticut seat.
Lieberman’s win as an independent capped a dramatic comeback. His 18-year Senate career was in jeopardy after a loss to antiwar candidate Ned Lamont in the August Democratic primary.
Lieberman will be one of two independents in the new Senate -- the other is Bernie Sanders of Vermont. The eight-term congressman, who calls himself a socialist, won the seat of retiring Sen. James M. Jeffords, also an independent. Both Lieberman and Sanders have said they will align themselves with Democrats.
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